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Friday, 22 May 2015

You have still time to catch Letitia Thompson's exhibition, on at the Ropewalk in Barton-upon-Humber (just near the Humber Bridge - which is also worth a visit!)

Here's a little taster of what to expect just to whet your appetite - enjoy the colours, textures and characters. On until Sunday 31 May 2015 - go see!

Yellow Field Hare - Letitia Thompson

Letitia says,
"I never plan what, or who, I am going to paint, and so it is always a
surprise to see what story wishes to be told. Anyone is welcome to
appear on my canvas though, from the Queen of the May to the cheeky
sparrow!"

Little Boat House - Letitia Thompson

Black Bird, Blue Hill- Letitia Thompson

Quiet Finale - Letitia Thompson

And while you're there don't forget to take a look in the Craft Gallery, try the cafe, see the Ropewalk Museum, the Sculpture Garden and take in the other exhibitions!

Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Extreme knitting in progress - and now I have proper end stoppers on my needles thanks to Andy!

You may know that extreme knitting is a hobby of mine. And you may also know that I've already knitted a giant red poppy. Well - now I've also knitted a giant white poppy. It's 1m in diameter and it took 1.36 kg of yarn made from cut up white sheets (which took a very long time to cut up!!).

890g ball & 470g ball of extreme yarn - it took both balls!

More facts - the black centre is aproximately 27cm across and was finger knitted using 45m of super chunky, 45m of chunky and 90m of double knitting. The finished finger knitting was then coiled in a spiral, stitched together and stitched onto the centre of the poppy. My poppy also has 8 pompoms surrounding the centre for a bit of extra excitement!

Even more facts - if you're wondering about the needles they are 1.9m long and 50mm wide. They are quite impressive even if I say so myself! After knitting my giant red poppy I had some proper end stoppers put on as all the stitches kept falling off the ends. Thanks, Andy!

The Poppies in the Park installation goes up in Rowntree Park on Thursday 11 June
(by the tennis courts, near the cafe) and will be on display until
after the Rowntree Park Birthday Party on Sunday 12 July 2015. Keep looking - it'll be there soon!

Saturday, 16 May 2015

We had a representative join us from the Acomb Craft Group. Remember the lovely things they did for the first yarnstorming event in Rowntree Park. Doreen managed to get both felted and knitted poppies made! (So did Heather - how speedy is that!)

Sue
took up the challenge of big knitting and now both big knit red and
white poppies only have one petal to go. Hope there will be someone to
complete them at our next workshop.

Big knit poppies only need one more petal

This is the only venue where we have been able to offer felt making and it was great to see people having a go. We had some lovely felt poppies at the end ...

Felted poppies

There were some great knitted and stitched poppies made too...

Knitted & stitched poppies

And a special thank you to Helen and Sam for the 38 poppies they brought with them for the project as well as the knitted and stitched poppies they made today...

Knitted poppies that Helen & Sam brought

All these poppies in the park are going to look great!

The final workshop is at Rowntree Park Cafe on Tuesday 2 June 2015 from 14:00 to 16:00. Come & join in!

Friday, 1 May 2015

Craft & Design Month is a celebration of British craft. In this amazing month of creativity there are loads of craft events going on across Britain. You can find details about them here. Go take a look - there might be something that's right up your street (literally!)

About Me

I create contemporary jewellery and textiles, making use of constructed fabric, buttons and other stuff too. And when I’m not doing that I’m probably yarnstorming, planning the next yarnstorming project or blogging about what I’ve seen, what I’m doing or what I’ve learnt.